Juries
- Created by: Area16
- Created on: 11-12-20 10:47
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- Jury
- 12 people
- summoned in post and chosen from electoral register, 35% chance
- up to £100 fine for failure to notify inavailibility
- summoned in post and chosen from electoral register, 35% chance
- unpaid
- can claim for loss of earnings, travel, childcare
- juries act 1974
- aged 18-70
- registered to vote
- resident in UK for at least 5 years
- no mental disorders or jury disqualifications
- DBS check
- Challenging the jury
- to the array- unrepresentative/bias- R V FORD
- for cause- right to sit on jury
- prosecution right- objecting to jurors
- jury in criminal cases
- only used in crown where D pleads NG
- judge decides points of law
- jury decides fact
- jury make decision in private room
- unanimous verdict
- no reasons given
- judge must accept verdict
- majority verdicts
- 12 people
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